A Bike Center membership costs $40 per year. The membership year is October 1 - September 30.

To sign up for a membership, send an email to biking@umn.edu. Be sure to include your name, email address and phone number. A PTS staff member will contact you with payment and program details. Memberships are not complete until payment has been received (check, credit card and cash accepted). Another option is to stop in to the third floor of the Transportation & Safety Building, 511 Washington Avenue SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455. Please allow approximately two business days to process and activate a membership.

Have You Been Zapped?

The Bike Center is the base for the ZAP Program - an innovative RFID system, which permits bicyclists, who install an identity tag on their bikes, to earn benefits and incentives, such as reduced costs for tune-ups and commuter goods by simply validating their bike trips. Learn more.

Bike Sharing With Nice Ride

Bicycles can be checked out from public kiosks and returned to any other Nice Ride location. See campus locations. The program runs from April through November. For more details, visit the Nice Ride Website.